Improved traveling lunch-bag



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. NOYES, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED TRAVELING LUNCH BAG.

Speciiiealion forming part of Lei ters Patent No. 47,324, dated April18, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. NoYEs, of Oneida, in the county ot' Madisonand State ot' New York, have invented a new and Improved Traveling-Bag,which I term a Traveling Lunch-Bag; 7 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' thisspecification, in Which i Figure l is an end view of my invention,partly in section g Fig. 2, a side view ot' the same with the iiap ordoor ot' the lunehreceptaclc raised or opened.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in combining with a traveling-ba g a lunch bagorreceptacle, and also a pocket, if desired, all being constructed andarranged in such a manner that the necessary clothing of a traveler,letters and papers, and also provisions or lunches, may be carried inone device with equally as great facility as clothing alone can becarried in the ordinary traveling bags.

The upper part, A, ot' the device is constructed as ordinarytraveling-bags, it being provided with jawsto open and close, andprovided with handles a a, and a lock or any other suitable fastening.This part A may be constructed ofleather, carpet, enameled cloth, or anyof the materials used-for such `purposes.

Underneath the part'A, and permanently attached to it, there is arectangular box, B, which may be constructed of thin wood or metal, theformer material being preferable. The box B in its horizontal section isequal in area to the bag A, and said box is covered with the samematerial as the bag A is coin-` posed of, so that the device will have auniform appearance. At one side of the box B This door may comprise thewhole of the sideP l. o f the box B, the joint being at its uppe'r edge,

the lower part of the door being secured to the box in a closed state bymeans ot' hooks and a lock, d,liu addition thereto. This box B isprovided with two tin or sheet-m'etal boxes, E E, which are providedwith lids c, and one or more partitions, f, in order to divide them intocompartments. The boxes E are tted loosely in thebox B, so that'they maybe placed in and withdrawn therefrom with the greatest facility, andthey are equal in height to the box B,and of such a width as to admit ofa space, g, between them, to receive various articles or utensils usedin eating-as, for instance, a napkin, knife and fork, spoon, plate,dram-liask, ilexible drinkingcup, Src.

The boxes E E receive the eatables, and the contents are renderedaccessible by first raising or opening the door cand then opening thelids e of the boxes E E.

The pocketOmay be useful for carrying papers, letters, or other smallarticles, such as toilet articles, for instance.

The device may be constructed at a moderate cost, and carried by atraveler with equally as great facility as an ordinary traveling bag.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let. ters Patent- A combinedtraveling-bag and lunch box,-

JOHN H. NOYES.

Witnesses:

THOMAS T. LooMrs, GEO. CAMPBELL.

